Blog December 2004

Update 6-Dec-04: At Fortress’s request, I’ve removed the
script while they make their decision. Thanks to everyone who reviewed
it and made suggestions!

Okay, for anyone who’s interested: here’s my attempt at the first
twenty-something pages of a
Syrup screenplay.

This is what the Fortress guys will use to decide whether I’m the right
guy to write the full thing. I would really, really love to do that,
but I’m going to try to spend the next few weeks not fretting about it.
This is what I’ve decided: if they like the way I’ve done it, then
terrific, but if not, well, it’ll just mean that one of my most fervent
wishes is dashed in a highly public and embarrassing way. That’s all.

If you’re reading this via your web browser, you might notice
I’ve also added the ability for people to leave
comments in response to my blogs, something I’ve been threatening to do
for ages. This is more hand-written code on my part, so I apologize
in advance if something goes wrong, or the comments all disappear, or
my web host freaks out again at the load I’m generating on their server
(“Aahhhh! Scripts!”) and takes down the whole site.

Assuming this works, though, I’m very interested in what you guys think
of my draft. If I actually get this gig, I want to use any feedback
I get here to help me write the rest of it.